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The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

Start date: September 1, 2015

Finish date: October 31, 2015

Why we're reading this: "A compulsively readable, emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller that draws comparisons to Gone Gir…more
[close] "A compulsively readable, emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller that draws comparisons to Gone Girl, The Silent Wife, or Before I Go to Sleep, this is an electrifying debut embraced by readers across markets and categories." This book is on nearly everyone's summer reading list. Let's get reading!

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Feb 17, 2015 Suzanne rated it really liked it

Shelves: women, fiction, relationships, 2015-new-releases

"Girl on a Train" was totally not what I expected it to be, but I really enjoyed reading it. It turned out to be a little along the lines of "The Rear Window" with a lot of the same undertones as "Gone Girl." Ultimately, it ended up to be about marriages gone wrong, and how lies and deception can lead to the unthinkable. While I didn't find any of the characters to be likable, it was very well-written and engaging, this is a good book if you like reading psychological thrillers or crime novels. ...more

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Oct 20, 2019 Ebony rated it did not like it

Shelves: fiction

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May 04, 2015 Emily rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club

Chilling. This book has been compared to Gone Girl and I can see why: mystery, told from multiple perspectives with different timelines... Loved the British setting and the role of the commuter train.

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